Scientists and experts warned the general public for weeks about the dangers of looking directly at this year’s eclipse. But famous climate-change denier Trump stared squinting at the sun during the event, even as a White House aide shouted, "Don't look."

There is no telling why Trump chose to ignore multiple warnings. On Monday, daughter and adviser to the president, Ivanka Trump, posted a boomerang reminding others to wear their own protective gear, but the president apparently did not get the memo.

Perhaps he's tired of reading those lengthy White House addresses off of a teleprompter and needed a worthwhile excuse. Or maybe Trump simply misunderstood that staring directly at an eclipse can impair your vision. After all ,he’s been confused by science before, often mixing up facts about the weather with climate change.

It’s extremely cold in NY & NJ—not good for flood victims. Where is global warming?

For Trump, science can be tricky indeed. If scientists hope to change the future of scientific policy in the United States, maybe they should try telling Trump that climate change doesn't exist, and he may take the opposite stance.